Astounding Sony A7s side by side ISO Shootout with the Canon EOS 5D Mark III

We just got this from Den Lennie and I hope you’re sitting down as this will absolutely astound you and you won’t believe your eyes – the Sony A7s high ISO performance compared side by side with the Canon EOS 5D Mark III is simply jaw dropping!

Den just posted this so it is HOT off the press!

Den let me see this while we were at NAB while I was waiting to go on the live show, and I couldn’t believe it then, and even now, it just astounds me.

When I was in Las Vegas at NAB earlier this year I set up this side by side on the balcony of my hotel overlooking the Bellagio fountains. Here are the results: Both cameras were set up on same ISO and shutter speed. Both with std camera profiles. Lenses were matched Zeiss ZF.2 25mm and we used the highest recording bit rates on both cams. ALL-I on Canon and XAVCs on Sony.

Looks like a great option for those shooting in near total darkness. I could see this becoming a valuable tool for journalists, event shooters, PI's and documentations. Pretty much everybody but those not placing a cinematic capture as a their primary determining feature.

I am wondering what the point of such a comparison is. The 5D Mark lll was released in the spring of 2012. The A7 is an infant by comparison. How therefore can you compare the two on a like for like basis? The camera as a tool is completed by the range of lenses and accessories that accompany it along with the network of support provided by the manufacturer. On that count, there surely is no comparison. While I may sound like an unashamed 5D 3 fan it begs the question that this is not a comparison of equals on the basis of their respective timeline.

Is the 5D out of focus? No reason it should be so soft. Also, standard picture profile on Canon is terrible. Not sure about Sony's standard profile but definitely hurts the Canon's dynamic range. All that being said, the A7 looks impressive.

the dinamic range in the A7s is so big, so big, even when you think is absolutely blou up and cliped is not, in post you can low donw all the bright areas and find details in there, I just run a test in ISO 409000 and can save much information from burned areas; the A7s is a winner

@Weenson the point is clear for me; 5D Mark III is one of the best low light DSLR in the market, you can work with Hi ISO and less noise than many of the other brands in the market, but now is a new player in the field the A7s; so is fair to compare each other; like in my case, I don't have any of them but I need a very good low light camera for my work and I must buy one for September's works; so now I have more options; 3 month ago only 5DMK III can handdle the low light as I need, but now I can choose, test and decide; that's why is a very good side by side camera comparision.